Taiwan 2001 legislative election
What was the result of the 2001 legislative election in Taiwan?
Democratic Progressive Party led with 33.4% of the vote. 66.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Taiwan- Held:
- Final result
- Central Election Commission (Taiwan), read 28 October 2026
Which party won the most votes?
Final results from the Central Election Commission of Taiwan, read : Democratic Progressive Party led with 33.4% of the vote; 66.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.9 points on 1998.
- Democratic Progressive Party 33.4% +3.8 points
- Kuomintang 28.6% −17.9 points
- People First Party 18.6%
- Taiwan Solidarity Union 7.8%
- New Party 2.6% −4.4 points
- 全國民主非政黨聯盟 0.2% −0.4 points
- 台灣吾黨 0.1%
- 臺灣慧行志工黨 0.0%
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Taiwan 1998 legislative election, party by party.
Key numbers
33.4%
Share of the vote won by Democratic Progressive Party
It led Kuomintang by 4.8 points of the vote.
+3.8 points
Share of the vote gained by Democratic Progressive Party
The largest gain in votes compared with 1998. Kuomintang lost 17.9 points.
66.2%
Voter turnout
Down 1.9 points on 1998.
Votes by party
| Party | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Progressive Party | 33.4 | +3.8 | 3,447,740 |
| Kuomintang | 28.6 | −17.9 | 2,949,371 |
| People First Party | 18.6 | 1,917,836 | |
| Independents | 8.7 | −0.7 | 899,254 |
| Taiwan Solidarity Union | 7.8 | 801,560 | |
| New Party | 2.6 | −4.4 | 269,620 |
| 全國民主非政黨聯盟 | 0.2 | −0.4 | 22,784 |
| 台灣吾黨 | 0.1 | 12,917 | |
| 臺灣慧行志工黨 | 0.0 | 3,224 | |
| 建國黨 | 0.0 | −1.4 | 1,382 |
| Green Party Taiwan | 0.0 | 1,045 | |
| 中國台灣原住民黨 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 790 |
| 大中華統一陣線 | 0.0 | 332 |
± is the change against the Taiwan 1998 legislative election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.
Votes by party
- Democratic Progressive Party 3,447,740
- Kuomintang 2,949,371
- People First Party 1,917,836
- Independents 899,254
- Taiwan Solidarity Union 801,560
- New Party 269,620
- 全國民主非政黨聯盟 22,784
- 台灣吾黨 12,917
- 臺灣慧行志工黨 3,224
- 建國黨 1,382
- Green Party Taiwan 1,045
- 中國台灣原住民黨 790
- 大中華統一陣線 332
The source publishes votes only: shares are votes over the valid (expressed) votes, computed by us.
Source: Central Election Commission, Taiwan, election database (open data dataset 13119), under the Open Government Data License v1.0. Shown in our own layout.
Before 2008 voters cast one vote, for a candidate. A party's votes here are the votes of its candidates added up, and independents are counted together. The database holds no list seats for these years, so no seats are shown.
How many people voted?
66.2% of the 15,822,583 registered voters cast a ballot (10,469,005 ballots), down 1.9 points on 1998. 10,327,855 of them were valid votes.
How the result is shaped
The effective number of parties by votes is 4.1; Democratic Progressive Party led Kuomintang by 4.8 points of the vote.
Time and source Data as of
Sources
- Central Election Commission, Taiwan: election database (open data dataset 13119), Open Government Data License v1.0. (source). Licence: Open Government Data License, version 1.0 (Taiwan)